Canada

Ontario reports 841 new COVID-19 cases and another hospital outbreak

Ontario is reporting 841 new cases of COVID-19 today as another Toronto hospital declared an outbreak. Canada's most populous province also recorded nine more deaths from the virus. Two hundred ...

Oct 22, 2020

Minassian makes brief appearance as court grapples with logistics of murder trial

TORONTO - Lawyers say they are close to finalizing details that would allow a trial by Zoom for a man who killed 10 people when he drove a rental van down a busy Toronto sidewalk. Alek Minassian faces...

Oct 22, 2020

New Tory motion could trigger second confidence showdown for Liberal minority

OTTAWA - One day after surviving a confidence vote on a Conservative motion, Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government faces another Conservative motion that could trigger yet more high-stakes dram...

Oct 22, 2020

Tory motion showdown and the U.S. presidential debate: In The News for Oct. 22

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Oct 22, 2020

B.C. Green leader hopes voters see value in minority government

VANCOUVER - The leader of the B.C. Green party is betting on a legislature in which one party doesn't hold all the power in the final days of a snap election campaign that began a week after her leade...

Oct 22, 2020

B.C. NDP takes snap election risk during pandemic in quest for majority government

VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrats took a risk calling a snap election during a global pandemic to pursue a majority government, creating a major campaign issue for the party's opponents.&nbs...

Oct 22, 2020

B.C. Liberal Leader maintains confidence as campaign tests party identity

VANCOUVER - B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson says he's feeling confident and optimistic as British Columbia's provincial election campaign enters its final days. It's not the feeling that might be...

Oct 22, 2020

After Ohio's OMG debate, Trump, Biden prepare for presidential rematch in Tennessee

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Television viewers across the United States and Canada might well wonder tonight why living room couches don't come with seat belts. After last month's interruptive, insult-r...

Oct 22, 2020

RCMP officers to begin wearing body-worn cameras in Nunavut later this year

OTTAWA - The RCMP says Mounties serving in Iqaluit are to be equipped with body-worn cameras later this year as part of a pilot project that aims to help strengthen accountability and public trust of ...

Oct 21, 2020

Advisers suggest Alberta students not learn about residential schools before Grade 4

EDMONTON - A leaked draft of proposed Alberta curriculum changes suggests the legacy of residential schools is too upsetting to be taught to young children, but the chairman of the Truth and Reconcili...

Oct 21, 2020